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And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.

Jocko Willink

Leadership isn’t one person leading a team. It is a group of leaders working together, up and down the chain of command, to lead.
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Leadership Person Team Togetherness
Although discipline demands control and asceticism, it actually results in freedom. When you have the discipline to get up early, you are rewarded with more free time.
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Control Discipline Freedom Result Time
The leader must own everything in his or her world.
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Himself Leadership World
There is no growth in the comfort zone.
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Comfortable Growth One Liner
Generally, when a leader struggles, the root cause behind the problem is that the leader has leaned too far in one direction and steered off course. Awareness.
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Direction Leader Problem Struggle
Plans and orders must be communicated in a manner that is simple, clear, and concise. Everyone
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Planning Simplicity
That’s it. When things are going bad: Don’t get all bummed out, don’t get startled, don’t get frustrated. No. Just look at the issue and say: Good.
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Bad Goodness Issue
Whether on the battlefield or in the business world, leaders must be comfortable accepting some level of risk.
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Business Comfortable Leadership Risk Understand War World
Decisively engaged?
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Decision Marriage
The greatest of these was the recognition that leadership is the most important factor on the battlefield, the single greatest reason behind the success of any team.
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Greatness Leadership Team
There are no bad units, only bad officers. This captures the essence of what Extreme Ownership is all about.
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Bad Control Politics
But we can’t ever think we are too good to fail or that our enemies are not capable, deadly, and eager to exploit our weaknesses. We must never get complacent. This is where controlling the ego is most important.
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Control Enemy Failure Goodness Important Thinking
Discipline equals freedom.
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Discipline Equality Freedom One Liner
A mission statement tells your troops what you are doing.
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Team Yourself
Don’t ask your leader what you should do, tell them what you are going to do.
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Future Leadership Yourself
The focus must always be on how to best accomplish the mission.
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Accomplishment Best Focus

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